Weather education
I did it. I signed up to audit an on-line course.
The course is called Backyard Meteorology: the science of weather. I finally get to apply knowledge to my love of weather. Those who know me, and read my blogs on a regular basis, know of my love of inclement weather — rain and snow and gloom of overcast skies. The course covers how to predict the weather wherever you are based on the information around you, like wind and direction, topography, clouds, etc.
The weather course is offered through EdX, in this instance through Harvard University. I actually went to Harvard when I was younger. And it sure was a good way to spend an hour while my husband was busy at his business conference in Boston. I’m only auditing the course, which means that this experience will end for me in the end of May, and I will not receive any certificate of completion. But it is free — and that’s free knowledge — more than a month of lessons, folks!
Attending a college course should not be a big deal. But it has been almost 30 years since I was a regular student, and I’m a little apprehensive. What if I forgot how to study? I’ve always prided myself on being a life-long learner, but my current reading and highlighting passages in books I love is not the same as learning something in a formal college lecture environment, and then having to take a quiz to test for knowledge. What if I…
